Butterfield Overland Mail Stage Stop
The Diamond Station was a stop along the nearly 700 mile stretch across the Lone Star State for the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage Line Company. The Butterfield Overland Mail Company held the U.S. Mail contract for the first cross-country trek from St. Louis to San Francisco. marked as the first intercontinental mail route, the Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach made its first stop at the Diamond Station on September 21, 1858.HM Number | HM1TNP |
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Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Thursday, August 11th, 2016 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14S E 692135 N 3725929 |
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Decimal Degrees | 33.65590000, -96.92793333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 33° 39.354', W 96° 55.676' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 33° 39' 21.24" N, 96° 55' 40.56" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 903, 940 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 1057 W Main St, Whitesboro TX 76273, US |
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